The Suicide of Miss Xi

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The Suicide of Miss Xi is written by Bryna Goodman and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674259130 (ISBN 10) and 9780674259133 (ISBN 13).

When a young woman killed herself in the office she shared with her employer in 1920s Shanghai, the city reeled in shock. Xi Shangzhen became a symbol of the failures of the Chinese Republic as well as the broken promises of citizens’ rights, gender equality, and financial prosperity that were betokened by liberal democracy and capitalism.